Ricardo Jorge Cecília Batista (born 19 November 1986) is a Portuguese professional footballer.

Career

Batista currently plays as a goalkeeper for Olhanense on loan from Sporting Clube de Portugal, having previously played for English Premier League club, Fulham

Fulham F.C.

Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...

, and his home club, Vitória de Setúbal

Vitória F.C.

Vitória Futebol Clube is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Setúbal. Popularly known as Vitória de Setúbal with the motto "A Vitória será nossa" .- Domestic :*Portuguese Liga: Runners-up 1971–72...

. His only full appearance for Fulham coming in a League Cup match in September 2005 against Lincoln City

Lincoln City F.C.

Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....

, Fulham won the match 5–4, but Batista's performance was error-prone and gifted the visitors several goals, he was soon loaned out afterwards and never played for Fulham again.

On 16 July 2008, he signed with Sporting, for a fee of €158,000.

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